Wine In Popular Diets

The Mediterranean Diet:

"The major version of the Mediterranean diet was presented by Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University's School of Public Health in the mid-1990s. It is based on eating habits of people in Crete, many other regions of Greece, and southern Italy in the early 1960s. Major components of this diet include regular physical activity, a lot of vegetables, fresh fruit for dessert, olive oil as the principal source of fat, dairy products (especially cheese and yogurt), small to moderate amounts of fish and poultry, a maximum of four eggs a week, low amounts of red meat, and low to moderate quantities of wine. Up to a handful of nuts a day is recommended. About one quarter to one third of the calories are in the form of dietary fat, but saturated fat is only 8% or less.

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